Not entirely sure what you're trying to do, but certainly you shouldn't have four category/count tables.
Something closer to this: Category_Count -------------- Category_id (int) Group_id (int) create_date create_time count sentby_email Recip_id Category -------- id (int) colour (varchar?) But I don't understand how the counting actually occurs, or what the colours signify. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

